True crime stories & great mysteries
Mystery & True Crime Stories is a website about the most puzzling mysteries of the past, as well as controversial theories. Here you'll find the most puzzling crime mysteries, the greatest mysteries of history, some of the interesting controversial theories and unexplained phenomena. Of course, some of them might be hoaxes, some of them might have a trivial explanation, but it is always a fun to stumble upon a puzzle or mystery that still needs to be solved.
True crime stories
JFK assassination
American president John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot while visiting Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. The official version is that he was shot by a single, obviously insane, shooter...
Monster of Florence
One of the most famous serial killer cases in Europe - the unknown assailant attacked the couples in parked cars around the beautiful city of Florence. Between 1968 and 1985 16 people were killed...
Murder of JonBenet Ramsey
JonBenet Ramsey, a lovely girl that at a very young age, started to take part in beauty pageants. When she was six, she found murdered in the basement of her family home, just a few...
Great mysteries
Dyatlov Pass incident
Dyatlov Pass incident involves the mysterious deaths of 9 tourists in the northern Ural Mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. The incident happened at night and there were no...
UFO sightings
When we talk about UFO, we often forget that UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, which not necessarily means that those objects have to be made by humans or aliens - they just...
Mary Celeste
In 1872, in the middle of the Atlantic, the ship Marie Celeste was found abandoned by the crew. The ship was undamaged, there were no signs of any kind of violence on board, and the...
Roanoke colony
The Roanoke colony was one of the first British settlements in the North America. When the ships returned in 1590, the colony was deserted, with the word "Croatoan" carved in the post...
Controversial theories
Smolensk air crash
During a trip to annual ceremonies marking the anniversary of the Katyn Massacre (when during the World War II over 20,000 Polish officers, previously kept captive, were killed by NKVD...
Glenn Miller disappearance
Glenn Miller was one of the most recognizable band leaders in the swing era, his music is still admired today. At the peak of his career, he decided to join the World War 2 effort and...
9/11 attacks
Two planes full of passengers hit the twin towers of World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, starting one of the most mysterious conspiracy theories in history. At 8:46 AM, five...
Moon landing conspiracy
After Apollo 11 was shown landing on the Moon on July 20th 1969 as the first manned mission, instantly the conspiracy theories popped up that it was just a staged show for the public and Russians.
Unexplained phenomena
UFO sightings
When we talk about UFO, we often forget that UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, which not necessarily means that those objects have to be made by humans or aliens - they just...
Amityville horror house
An average house at the end of the road in Amityville proved to be a crime scene, where the whole DeFeo family was killed. Years later, the new inhabitants of the house had to ask for...
Beast of Gevaudan
Wolf-like creature (or creatures) that terrorized the French province of Gevaudan in the 18th century. Over 100 people were killed by the Beast of Gevaudan, but still, we have no idea...
Dyatlov Pass incident
Dyatlov Pass incident involves the mysterious deaths of 9 tourists in the northern Ural Mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. The incident happened at night and there were no...
Crime and mystery movies
Frenzy 1972
When his ex-wife is found dead Richard Blaney becomes prime suspect in the serial killer investigation.
Oldboy 2003
A man was kidnapped on the street and locked in a cell for 15 years. When released, he tries to find out why was he imprisoned.
Thesis on a Homicide 2013
A university professor suspects that one of his students could be a psychopath that killed at least two women. But suspicion is not enough - he needs to find a proof.
A Murder on Shadow Mountain 1999
Barbara is shocked when her husband is arrested for murder from his past. She tries to find the truth.